One striking phenomena of the macro economy in China during the past decade is the rapid exporting growth. Exporting growth provides strong demand for domestic manufacturing production and is one of the most important engines of economic growth. Using population census data and trade data, this...

This book is about how economics, politics, culture and history together have shaped the environment in which business activities unfold in Russian Federation today, and the tradeoffs and dilemmas the government had to face as well as the newest market problems, in which 30 wholesale markets in...

The labor force participation rates of older men in Taiwan have dropped substantially over the last decade. Previous studies show that the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) program in 1995 accounts for a decline in female labor force participation. In this paper, we use the...